Record Prize Money

[ChicagocrewIRL]

1 Helio Castroneves - - $3,048,005
2 Dan Wheldon - - $1,258,805
3 Danica Patrick - - $763,305

4 Townsend Bell - - $445,305
5 Will Power - - $345,305
6 Scott Dixon - - $374,155

7 Dario Franchitti - - $386,305
8 Ed Carpenter - - $302,805
9 Paul Tracy - - $271,805

10 Hideki Mutoh - - $301,805
11 Alex Tagliani - - $295,305
12 Tomas Scheckter - - $280,305

13 Alex Lloyd - - $270,305
14 Scott Sharp - - $270,305
15 Ryan Briscoe - - $349,755

16 A.J. Foyt IV - - $271,805
17 Sarah Fisher - - $270,305
18 Mike Conway - - $300,555

19 John Andretti - - $276,805
20 Milka Duno - - $301,805
21 Vitor Meira - - $300,305

22 Raphael Matos - - $308,305
23 Justin Wilson - - $300,305
24 E.J. Viso - - $300,305

25 Nelson Philippe - - $270,555
26 Oriol Servia - - $271,805
27 Tony Kanaan - - $303,305

28 Robert Doornbos - - $305,555
29 Davey Hamilton - - $271,805
30 Marco Andretti - - $315,305

31 Graham Rahal - - $305,805
32 Ryan Hunter-Reay - - $353,305
33 Mario Moraes - - $301,805

TOTAL : $14,315,315

This is the richest purse in Indianapolis 500 history. An incredible 3 million dollar payoff for Helio.

Helio please NO OFFSHORE ACCOUNTS !!!!

You deserve every penny.

Does anyone know the exact source of all this money ? Is the majority from gate receipts or from commercial sponsorship awards ?? I would love to see an accurate breakdown. I am wondering what kind of prize money it would take to get more Formula 1 guys and NASCAR guys over to try the 500 like back in the day ?

All figures include additional awards for pole, lap leader, etc.

[electron]

good, since the USD isn't worth much these days anymore, they better pay more of it.
I hope Helio changes quickly into Brazilian Real ;)

[Jag_Warrior]

I am wondering what kind of prize money it would take to get more Formula 1 guys and NASCAR guys over to try the 500 like back in the day ?

Move the date or the time and I think there are at least a couple of NASCAR drivers (Tony Stewart being one) who might do Indy.

As for Formula One drivers, do you mean active F1 drivers? As long as Indy is held on the same weekend as Monaco, I'd say there's zero chance of an active F1 driver doing Indy. It's not the money, as much as the team wouldn't allow it, and to an F1 driver, Monaco is more important. Just as Daytona is more important to a NASCAR driver and Le Mans is more important to a sports car driver. Tony doesn't have enough and can't borrow enough money to pay a top tier F1 or NASCAR driver to walk away from their own series, where they make from $20 million to $50 million+ a year. And unless it's a top tier driver, what would be the point? Right?

What should the IRL do next? IMO, hire Humpy Wheeler and basically just do what he says. If he tells Tony to run a warm bath and open a vein, then Tony should run a warm bath and open a vein.

[ChicagocrewIRL]

good, since the USD isn't worth much these days anymore, they better pay more of it.
I hope Helio changes quickly into Brazilian Real ;)

$3,048,005 = R$6,178,946 That's a lot of coffee.

$3,048,005 = £1,917,479

$3,048,005 = €2,176,804

$3,048,005 = ¥289,129,396

[electron]

$3,048,005 = ¥289,129,396

and that is a lot of sushi!

[beachgirl]

What should the IRL do next? IMO, hire Humpy Wheeler and basically just do what he says. If he tells Tony to run a warm bath and open a vein, then Tony should run a warm bath and open a vein.

Absolutely - could not agree more. Humpy KNOWS how to promote, and I think might relish a chance to put NASCAR in 2nd place.

[ChicagocrewIRL]

Absolutely - could not agree more. Humpy KNOWS how to promote, and I think might relish a chance to put NASCAR in 2nd place.

Could this mean the IRL running at Charlotte again ? I don't think tires flying into the stands would be an issue anymore with the tethers attached. The IRL drew decent crowds when it ran there. 50K +

[Jag_Warrior]

Could this mean the IRL running at Charlotte again ? I don't think tires flying into the stands would be an issue anymore with the tethers attached. The IRL drew decent crowds when it ran there. 50K +

Humpy no longer works for Bruton Smith.

[dataman1]

Explain please: 13th, 14th and 17th all get the same amount and all are paid less than places 18 down to 33. I don't get it.

[Lousada]

Explain please: 13th, 14th and 17th all get the same amount and all are paid less than places 18 down to 33. I don't get it.

Full season drivers get 300k, one offs get 270k.